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David McClain

Title:PR
Company:University of Hawaii No. 5
Year of Birth:1946
Birth Place:St. Joseph, MO
Education:U of Kansas, BA, summa cum laude, Economics and Math, '68; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD, Economics, '74.
Military Experience:U.S. Army ('68-71); 1st Lt. in Vietnam ('70-71); Honorably discharged.
Job History:PR and CEO, U of Hawai'i ('04-present); VP for Academic Affairs, U of Hawai'i ('03-04); Dean of UH M_noa College of Business and First Hawaiian Bank Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Management ('00-03); Henry A. Walker, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Business Enterprise and Professor of Financial Economics and Institutions, UH M_noa College of Business ('91-99); tenured faculty, Boston U ('78-90); Visiting Scholar, Keio U, Spring '89; Senior staff economist, Council of Economic Advisors to President Jimmy Carter, ('79-80); Visiting Professor, MIT's Sloan School of Management, '78 and '75; director of global economic information services, Data Resources Inc. ('75-78); author of Apocalypse on Wall Street and hundreds of scholarly articles and columns on economic issues
Board Memberships:First Insurance Company of Hawai'i, ML Resources; Hanahauoli School; Hawaiian Education Council; Japan-America Society of Hawai'i; Pacific and Asian Affairs Council; Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship Foundation; Foundation for Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies; Ritsumeikan Asian Pacific U Grad. Mgmt. Program Advisory Board; State Higher Education Executive Officers Exec. Comm.; East-West Center; Hawai'i Arts Alliance; Hawai'i Innovation Council; Hawai'i Business Roundtable; UH Alumni Assn.; UH Foundation; Native Hawaiian Culture and Arts Program.
Hobbies:Golf, hiking, movies
Spouse:Wendie Kastler McClain
Number of Children:Three daughters and two granddaughters
Accomplishments:Hawaii Literacy Commendation for Leadership and Community Service, '06; Hawaii Business Magazine 250 Black Book Top Executive, '06; Hawaii Council on Economic Education Stephen L. Jackstadt Award, '05; Hawaii Business/City Bank Target Industries Growth Report (TIGR) Industry Support Award, '02; National Assn. for Business Economics Board ('99-02); National Business and Economic Issues Council, elected to membership, '98; Lambda Alpha, elected to membership, '98; Social Science Association, elected to membership, '98; UH M_noa College of Business Administration Kaizen Award for Leadership, '96; UH M_noa College of Business Administration Graduate Business Students Association Professor of the Year, '91; Boston U School of Management Broderick Prize for Excellence in Teaching, '86; Beta Gamma Sigma, elected to membership, '86; National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, awarded '68 and held '71-74; Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, '68; Omicron Delta Kappa, elected to membership, '68; Phi Beta Kappa, elected to membership, '67